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BOOK DETAILS Paperback: 224 pages Dimensions: 8x8 Publisher: Crowbar Press Photos: 168 b&w, 34 full color Cover: Color ISBN: 978-0-9745545-5-6 Item #: cbp05-bb Price: $24.95
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"A masterful idea, masterfully executed, therefore, a veritable masterpiece … a difficult subject, but approached in an intelligent and searching fashion that tells the reader a ton of stuff he likely never knew about Goodish/Brody." — J Michael Kenyon
"He had an air about him that got him over almost everywhere he went. On the other hand, he took advantage of that attitude, too. If you were in the ring with him, if you didn’t have the guts to cut him off, he’d just eat you alive."
"He was feared by all the fans. And I’ll tell you what. There were a lot of guys in the locker room who were scared of Bruiser Brody. He was a bad dude."
Today, more than 18 years after his death, professional wrestling fans still talk about Bruiser Brody with reverence and awe in their voice. Hardcore fans consider him to be the greatest brawler in the history of the sport. Frank "Bruiser Brody" Goodish was known as a brawler, a wild-man, and an outlaw. His style and character have been copied by countless other wrestlers. Mick Foley (Cactus Jack/Mankind), whose name is synonymous with the hardcore style of wrestling, claims to have studied Brody’s Japan tapes for hours while training to be a pro wrestler, and patterned his ring style after him. However, like the old saying, "Often imitated, never duplicated," that applies to Bruiser Brody. There will never be another one like him. Brody was a great athlete and an exciting performer, but he was also one of the most unpredictable men ever to step into the ring. As an independent (some call him an outlaw), he marched to his own drummer, and refused to bow to either of the two powerful American promotions—the World Wide Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance. On any given night, he might or might not do what the promoters asked of him. As a result, promoters hated him, but they also loved him, because when he was billed on a card, the fans turned out in droves to see him wrestle. Brody feuded with the top names in the sport—Ric Flair, Dory Funk, Terry Funk, the Von Erich family, Bruno Sammartino, Andre the Giant, and Dick the Bruiser. His most remembered feud, however, was against Abdullah the Butcher. When those two met in the ring, fans could count on the blood flowing like tap water. In 1988, Brody was murdered in a dressing room in Puerto Rico—by one of his fellow wrestlers! This book is the story of Bruiser Brody, told in the words of those who knew him best—childhood friends, family members, fellow wrestlers, photographers, and newspaper reporters. No punches are pulled and the rulebook has been thrown out. This is THE definitive … Bruiser Brody — SPECIAL FEATURES —
— INTERVIEWS with 92 people who knew Brody the best! —
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